Military alumni recognized
Four ECU alumni were honored for their service to the country during the Distinguished Military Service Society ceremony in November. They join 79 others who have been inducted since 2008....
Richard Butler Archives
Grants to address substance use disorder crisis in eastern N.C.
An ECU team has received a grant of nearly $900,000 from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to tackle health disparities and improve substance use disorder outcomes...
Football and family
Noah Holmes Year: Graduate student Major: Leadership in organizations graduate certificate Hometown: Williamsburg, Virginia It’s safe to say Noah Holmes was born to play football at ECU. “I’ve been coming...
Gold standard
Lenni Baldwin Hometown: Washington, D.C. Major: Fine arts with concentrations in animation and photography Career goal: Illustrator, photographer Scholarship: Kathy Adams White Scholarship What do you like most about your...
Peanut passion project
A flash of Pirate-inspired flare adorns every can from Hancock Peanut Company. The purple stripes on the logo of the golden legumes highlight the talents and family history of Scott...
Building for the future
Dana Reed Fox ’07 learned valuable lessons as a construction management student at ECU. As the chief operating officer of Richmond (Virginia) Public Schools, she puts those lessons to work...
Student snapshot
Joshua Williams Hometown: Dudley, North Carolina Class: Junior Major: Engineering, concentration in electrical engineering Career goals: To work on medical devices or with prosthetics Joshua Williams may not be taking...
Biologist puts focus on elusive, endangered black rail
Eastern black rails are rare. Susan McRae, a teaching professor in the ECU Department of Biology, estimates their numbers are in the hundreds. So the times she’s seen one in...
Heat stress mobile app launches with help from ECU
The American Industrial Hygiene Association in July launched a heat stress mobile app — co-developed by ECU researchers — to help workers, employers and safety professionals address the increased risk...
AI has come to campus
Senior Audrey Milks uses artificial intelligence to complement her projects at the East Carolina University School of Art and Design. She described AI as inescapable within the design community. One...